NYC NOW - May 30, 2024: Morning Headlines

Episode Date: May 30, 2024

Get up and get informed! Here’s all the local news you need to start your day: Governor Kathy Hochul says she’s likely to keep the National Guard in the New York City subway. Meanwhile, a new report by the Center for an Urban Future finds that around two dozen nonprofits serving homeless, food-insecure, or mentally ill New Yorkers are critically understaffed. Also, threats posted to social media have led Nassau County police to request a no-fly zone around a cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan on June 9.

Welcome to NYC Now. Your source for local news in and around New York City from WNYC. It's Thursday, May 30th. Here's the morning headlines from Michael Hill. Governor Kathy Hokel says she's likely to keep the National Guard in the New York City subway. At least for now, WNIC's John Campbell reports. The Democratic governor first sent the National Guard to the subways in early March to help NYPD officers check back. The governor says the program has been a big success, even as critics like the Riders Alliance say she's made the subway look like a war zone.

But even though transit crime is dipped, Hockel says she's not ready to pull back. Statistically, crimes tend upward in the summer months, and so it's probably not the time to say we're done. According to the State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, on average, National Guard soldiers are sent to 85 subway stations a day. About two dozen nonprofits that work with New Yorkers experiencing homelessness and food insecurity or mental illness are struggling with critically low staffing levels. That's according to a new report by the Think Tank, the Center for an Urban Future, WNMIC's Karen Yee reports. The report found a 15 to 20 percent vacancy rate across major nonprofits and even worse shortages among frontline staff, such as nurses, counselors, or social workers, where vacancy rates topped 40 percent. Eric Rosenbaum leads the housing and homelessness non-profit project renewal. These are the roles that have the greatest impact immediately on the lives of our clients and they're the lowest-paid jobs.

He says low pay, driven by city and state contracts that don't fully fund the costs of services, make it hard to recruit and retain workers. Threats posted to social media prompting Nassau County Police to request a no-fly zone around an upcoming Cricket World Cup. They say the images depict a hooded figure. in a stadium flanked by drones and a pipe bomb, Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder says he asked the FAA to create a no-fly zone around the World Cup's location. If you do try to put a drone up, we will identify it, we will back to you to take it down.

You refuse, you will be arrested, and that drone will be seized by the police department. The World Cup lasts through June 30th, but the threat specifically targeted a June 9th match between India and Pakistan. The air quality is good today. levels are moderate and grass pollen levels are low. 59 with showers right now. Scattered showers through this morning probably until about

8 o'clock or so, turning sunny, 73 for a high today with a light wind from the north to keep it cool and then cool in mid-50s tonight. Tomorrow, sunny and 77, and then this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, sunshine high temperatures in the low 80s. Thanks for listening. This is NYC now from WNYC. Be sure to catch us every Every weekday, three times a day for your top news headlines and occasional deep dives. And subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. See you this afternoon.